Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed

Relief requires a short-term solution because an election is coming, and Bill C-56 ain’t it. In fact, I would go as far as calling it useless.

It is so Canadian to amend a bill to give Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne the power to demand an inquiry and to compel answers, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

April 24, 2024

OTTAWA—So I’m minding my business—as I always do—while shopping at Loblaws, and saw that the company must have started adding gold dust to their food considering the prices they’re charging. Galen Weston Jr. has become the patrician face of excess at the expense of...

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